KEYS BILINT AT CHICAGO. FIRE BENEFITS CITY. QOUD PAT FOR HOP PICKERS, Largest Orowers In State Will Pay Eugene te Have Bettor Buildings and • I.10 Per Hundred. Cement Walks. Portland—Fifty-five tenia s l>ox la Eugene—Aaute from the loss of stock thv price tluit will I m * |>sld for picking ' and lurnllure auffc^ed In the fire of Au- iropa In il>a Willamette valley thia fall. * gnat fl, the general redult has b*-en and Kreba Bros., the largest growers in lire will Ire very Iwneficlel to the property alate, anirotmce that they will pay holders along Willamette street, anil »1.10 per hundred lor picking on tlrelr yards at lnile|a>ndence and Brooks, totliecl'y. Tire oouikdl has definitely other growers have not anneunoed any decided to extend the fire limits amt It fixed price, but «a the oon>|a■». The ■„<- pw,,,»,, pavilion ia living -„n ■uiprirvww improved dollar a roll or more will kefors long be [and numlwr of «tails w.»>* and stables w-na tbe .. wiv .^ i - th*' price charged at the retail Store«. lor the stock exhibits is to lie nearly The price Is now 80 cents, and during doubled. the remainder of the year the advance is certain to be stea*iy. New Law Works Well. Butter prices are rising all over the Salem -As n result of the act re­ country. The consumption, taken aa a quiring banks to furnish the secre­ whole, exceeds the production, and for tary of state with a sworn statement this rreson but little surplus butter lias of the deposits In their keeplug be­ lx at wh'dceale. The official« of the llaudwood Cream company, at its Hop« Early In Dallas. last meeting, decided on anolhet 2'4- Dallas—Hops In the Dallas district cent advance. A* all th** city creamery promise an early crop, Vermin have cotn pa niiw «re running shorter than appeared In nearly all of the yards, last ui<>nth, tbe new price will prob­ but are being held in check by the ably be general Immediately. Lrut hot weather and vigorous spraying - year al this time the highest wholesale I’rospecta of low prlcea early in the price of butter in Portland was 32 Hcason caused many of the growers rente, and the 36-cent mark was not to cultivate lightly In order to save reached until Ihvember fl. Two years extrenae. and as a consequence the crop will be light. No trouble is an- ago at this time butter waa worth SO tlclpated in securing pickers for the cents, and the highest price in that yard« In thia district as many have year was 32% cents wholwale. signified their Intentions ofpicklng I Tost New Prison Dogs. Salem—The y<»vige«t two of tbe trio ol tl*or<*ughbred bloalhoumla recently added to the state penitentiary equip­ ment were given a practical tert by Warden Curtis, and they worked fully up to the guarantee and thr expecta­ tion« <>f the prison officials. Two trn«ty convict« w* re Inmeal out, one at a time, and each rreoitrd to all the tiivka known and practiced by fugi­ tives to evade man-hunting dogs, such as back-tracking, wading through streams, climbing trees, and each was given an hour start, but the dogs, which wvte Isshed together, followed the scent unfailingly and treed both mon In short order. County Court Aids Fair. Oregon City — Permanent organira­ tion of »be Clackamas County Fair as­ sociation is now complete anil the pro­ moter of the scheme for an annual county fair are i-tK-onraged by the ac­ tion of the county court, which has offered to appropriate »460 as soon as organisation la complete. The fegirla- lure of 1906 authorised county courts to expend »600 annually for advertising the county, and it is thia fund that the Fair association will utilise. The fair will lie held this year October 9, 10 and 11, on the Cliautauqua grounds, in Gladstone Park. Light for Hood Rivsr. Hood River Rnnchers within n radius of five to six miles of Hood River will soon enjoy the conven­ iences of electric light, duo to the fact that they have secured enough patrons for the Hood River Electric Light and Power Company to extend Its lino to them. Already the com­ pany la stringing wires and It la ex­ pected that moat of the territory will be covered in n few weeks. The first to secure light will bo the residents of tbe Bnrrett and Belmont districts, lifter which several residents on the cast aldo will bo supplied. Naw Portland-Frisco Train. San Francisco - General Manager E. E. Calvin Issued orders today to put express train service on all lines out of San Frnnclsco and within a week this will be Installed to Port­ land. to El Paso and to Los Angeles. There Is a train already In operation between here and Ogden that hns brought such good results that the general manager has decided that the service be extended. It la expected the train will carry only express and mall, but may tnke some baggage Hops Bring Good Price. Oregon City Fifteen cents Is the ruling contract price for hops and three contracts have been filed In the office of County Recorder C. E. Ritmaby. The contractor Is Ed. C Herron and ho gets from H. A. and Hnmuel W. Wolfer, of Needy, ’<* hales from a 16-acrn tract; B. Mors, of Macksburg, 6,000 pounds from a seven-acre tract. McArthur Is Reappointed. Olympia—Announcement Is made at the executive office of the reap­ pointment of J. W. McArthur, of Rpokane. as a member of the State Board of Pharmacy, to take effect November 1. Bee Their First Autos. Mi-Krnale Bridge-—This place had Be tlrxt experience with automobile* the other night when two motorcars ar­ rived on their way to Belknap Springs. The trip waa made from Eugene in leas than eight hours with no accidents. Fish Traps Removed. Astoria—The fish traps at Point El­ lice, which were condemned recently by the War department as be ng a menace to navigation, have been re­ moved by the owners in accordance with the orders of the United Blates engineers. State's Forestry Apportionment. Astoria—Senator Fulton lies received a letter from Associate Forester Price stating that the amount which Oregon will receive from th« forestry service for the fiscal year 1907 will approxi­ mate »18,980.89. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat—Club, 80c; biueetem, 82c; valley, 80c; red, 78c. Oats—No. 1 white, »26; gray, nominal. Barley—Feci, »21.60(422 per ton; brewing, nominal; rolle!, »23.60(4 24.60. Corn—Whole, »28; cracked, »2» per ton. Hay—Valley timothy, No. 1, (17er dooen; onions, 16(.i)20c per doeen; |***es, 4(r)5c per pound; radishes, 20c per doxen; tomatoes, »1(41 -25 per crate. Potatoes—New, Il^,®2c per pound. Veal—Dressed, 5ig®8l^c per pound. Reef—Dressed bulla, 3t*8l4c per pound; cows, fl<4fl^c; oountry steers, fll»®7c. Mutton—Dressed, fancy, 8®9c per pound; ordinary, 5®7c; spring lamne, 9(41) tfc c per pound. Pork—Dressed, 8(48t^c per pound. Hops—6®7J»c per pound, according to quality. Woo)—Eastern Oregon, ayerage beet, lfl®22c per ponnd, according to shrink­ age; valley, 20®22c, acoording to fine­ ness; mohair choios, 29®3Oo a pound. Operators Rafusa to Work With Non­ union Mon at Loa Angolas. Chicago, Aug. 9 Tbe telegraph operators who are employed by the WMlern Union Telegraph Company In Chicago went on strike tonight at 12 o'clock. The trouble waa precipi­ tated by the Loa Augeleo strike, which was started two days ago. Tonight the local executive board of tbe Commercial Telegraphers' Union mot and discussed ths remov- Ing of the men who refused to work with the non-union operators em­ When tbe ployed In igre Angeles. men were notified of thia step all operators employed In tbe overland division of the local office refused to work any longer with tbe uou-unlon men. When this action was taken. Night Chief Harry Price ordered all who refused to work to leave the ot- flce. He then went Into other divi­ sions and requested the men to go luto the overlaud division, lu every case he was met with a refusal, un­ til over 70 men were sent home. 1 he grievance committee of the union called on Mr. 1’rlce and noti­ fied him that unless every mun whs reinstated by midnight every union man In the office would be called out. Thia was refused and promptly st midnight, by a prearrangement, a whistle was blown and every opera­ tor employed In tbe main office, with the exception of six wire loop chiefs, Including Mr. Price and bls two as­ sistants, left their keys uud with a round of cheers filed out of the of­ fice. The men employed by the com­ pany at the various morning news­ papers had been notified of the con­ templated strike and they also quit work. The local officials of the union to- night staled that the day operatora employed by the company, most of whom belong to the union. Would re­ fuse to go to work In tbe morning This will IhHude all branch offices throughout the city. , 0ÜR BUDGET OF FUN. NEWS FRON THE NATIONAL CAPITAL HUMOROUS SAYINGS AND DO­ INGS HERE AND THERE. FlOH r f\JH CAN IttN Spanish War Veterans Plan to Storm' New MUHT Sult RENDER ACCOUNI by Receiver Earl Against Sugar Trust. Neat Congress Washington, Aug. 14.—The fight to reetore the canteen st army poets is to Ire reopened with renewed vigor next wInter Plans have been perfected for making a strong appeal to emigres* to wipe from the statute books the anti­ canteen legislation. All prominent officers of the army in their repute to the department making suggestions for the improvement of the army utge the re-establishment of tbe canteen. Aside from tbe great mass of these reports, which may not I m * considered to express a disinterested opinion, the Hpanisb War veterans are sending thousands of letters In bel*alf of the canteen. The veterans last year opened a campaign which was vigorously pros­ ecuted until congress refund to srrmnd tbe law. They have prepared once again to s make a fight and expect to win this time with the argument that the W. C. T. U., tbe liquor dealers’ association and disreputable resort« Irave combined to prevent the re­ establishment of the rentven. When wins of the literature which has Iwen prepared is circulated the W. 0, T? U., which foiled «-origree** to a Iro I rah the canteen, will put on ite armor and enter the list In repudiation of tome of the charger concerning the interrete which ire alleged to be work­ ing with it. The veterans seem deter­ mined to join Issue, and lively times may be expected when congress meets in Ilecember. Trenton, N. J., Aug. 8.—A bill in 'equity which calle upon the American Huger Refining company to give an ac- oounting of its business lor the past feur years waa filed before Chancel log Magee Vxiay on belialf of George fl. Earl, Jr., receiver ol tbs Pennsylvania Huger Refining company, of Philadel­ phia. The suit, it is «aid, is the only one of ths kind ever tiled in thia coun­ try, and tbe atep taken by the Pennsyl­ vania company may lx> the means of opening an entire new field for investi­ gating trusts. The suit is separate from that lor (3Q,U00,000 damages which Mr. “Earl instituted against the American .Sugar Refining company, of New York. Mr. Earl holds that in procuring tbe controlling interest in the Pennsylvania company in 1903, the company became a trustee tor the concern and is reepon. sibie to it for an accounting, although the Ameritan company never operated tbe oppaitron company’« plants. Visitor -How la that? Tbe Medium—Do firn believe that Huburbanite—Don't yon umlsratand communications can bv reel red from that every time a train paaaes It cre­ the dead? ates a nr»h of air and changea the at- Tire Caller—Sure. Only this morn- moephere In my garden?—Mourlre. Ing I received a letter from Philadel­ phia. la the irirvk. lardy (to rustic)—Tell me. bava you tea* I.lit« a Maa. seen an automobile come Into tbe vit­ “Queer duck. Tompkins." iate? “lu what wayr Hustle—I ain't seen one coms In. hot “lie bought an alarm dock and then fixed It so It couldn't go off.”—Mil­ I saw one fall Into that ditch half an hour ago. There were three ;>eople In waukee Sentinel. It : maybe that'« the one you're wait­ 1er P»l*. ing for.—Bon Vivant. HfllO AiagAvritsY Ifrwn Hearing of Standard Oil Ossa Begins September 3. WILL COLLECT THE FINE. Attorney Qenaral Bonaparte Will Get Cash or Bust Company. New York, Aug. 13.—Attorney- Native Tribes of Morocco Bent on General Bonaparte, who visited Exterminstlon of Foreigners. Ixrndon, Aug 9 The horrors of President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, the looting of Casa Blanca by native stopped for a brief period In this trlbesmon are becoming known and city before going to his home in Bal­ their r<-cltal Is Inflaming the minds timore. While here he talked fully of tb« natives against all Europeans of his conference with the President Tbe situation In various coast towns and Intimated that next month Is worse. Thu natives are excited. A might bring further developments of holy war is being preached at Rabat. Importance In tbe campaign against Antl-forelgn s*-ntiment Is growing alleged lawbreaking corporations. as a result of the activities of fanat­ "I do not wish to make any secret ical agitators. There Is fear of a gen­ of the fact that the talk between tbe eral outbreak. A number of Euro­ President and myself was In refer­ pean families are preparing to flee ence to tbe fine Imposed by Judge from Tangier. The Angers tribes­ I-andls against the Standard Oil men In tbe Immediate vicinity of Company of Indiana.” said Mr. Bon­ Tangier are restless and may break aparte. "We discussed that, also SAILORS WAN I NEW UNIFORM. out soon. The Moorish authorities what step should be taken as a result huve practically no control over the of the Investigation of the Interstate Naval Committee Coisid«rirg Entire situation. Change of Costume. Commerce Commission on the Har­ There are many complaints among riman railroad system What will New York. Aug. 9.—The Jack tars the Europeans that France acted in­ be done in regard to both these ques­ advisedly at Casa Blanca In bom­ tions I cannot tell at tbe present of the United States navy have made such a mighty protest against the barding the town before protection time.” time-honored headgear and blouse could be arranged for the Jews and "Will the Standard Oil Company they wear ashore and on dress occa­ Europeans there and elsewhere on of Indiana be forced to pay tbe fine sions aboard ship that the navy de­ the coast and In the Interior. If Its appeal fails?" partment has appointed a committee The news from Casa Blanca as to "That is a question, the answer to to decide on changes In the uniform. the situation there today unites In which can only be found In the fu­ Captain Hugo Osterbaus, commander showing that the bombardment was ture." said Mr. Bonaparte smiling. of the battleship Connecticut, is continued for longer than waa first “The President and 1 talked over chairman of this committee. Captain supposed and that the lack of an the amount of the fine Imposed by Osterhaus has sent out a statement adequate French force to afford pro­ the courts and we both sympathised to the captains of all warships in the tection resulted In an opportunity for barbarous looting, rapine and very much with the company,add-1North Atlantic squadron and to the the Attorney-General, and his commander of every ship In the ser­ pillage, with all the accompaniments ed smile broadened. vice. asking for suggestions. of murder and horror. The French "But how can the Standard Oil The enlisted men are desirous of landing parties could not control the Company of Indiana pay a fine of situation. Moorish authority van­ over »29.000.000 on a capital of only obtaining coats and visor caps. Many of them want the wide flaring trous­ ished with the first French gunshot »1,000.000?" he was asked. ers changed Into the ordinary pat­ and lawlessness reigned. "If the decision just obtained Is I tern. But the chief grievance relates It Is now reported, however, that affirmed by the Court of Appeals, between 2.000 and 3.000 French and then we will go after our money and to the blouses and the old-fashioned pancake caps. These caps are said Spanish marines and bluejackets are Mkor« at Casa Blanca and that or­ get it In some way/' answered Mr. I by all seamen to be absolutely useless der has been restored. The Euro­ Bonaparte. "It is true that a stone on a windy day, as they cannot be peans there are all safe. The loss of has no btood.” he added, "but a kept on the head. They afford ne shade to the eyes and seem to exist life among the Moors resulting from stone may be ground up.” merely as a relic of tbe past. the bombardment appears to be The protest over the blouse is con­ Canned Butter for Navy. much greater than was first indi­ sidered well Justified in the nary. In cated. Manchester, la., Aug. 14.-^*-The Dairy the first place the seamen object to City Creamery company has jnst fin­ the wide collar, which blows up Two Warships for Salvador. ished packing 217.000 pounds of choice .around their ears on windy days. San Francisco, Aug. 9.—Provi­ butter to be used exclusively in Vbcle ¡They want shorter neckerchiefs and sioned for three months with a large Sam's navy. The creamery has been coats but like those of marines. supply of ammunition and a cargo of working on thia contract the past three quick-firing machine guns of the lat­ months, and in addition to the amount Protect O. R. & N Roadway. est and most deadly type, the Salva­ put up for the government has turned Washingtoa, Aug. 8.—Authority dor warship Arcata was ready to sal) ont «0,000 pounds of choice butter for has been granted to the engineer in last night. The other Salvador war­ Swift A Co. All the butter was put up charge of the UmatlMa Irrigation ship, the President, la also In readi­ in three-pound cans, hermetically project in Oregon to construct a ness to follow the Arcata. She is seeled, and warranted to keep for one wasteway on the storage feed on the provisioned for six months and is year in any climate. All butter has to canal about three-fourths of a mile also said to be heavily armed. Both below the town of Echo. The point the President and Arcata have been score at least 94 points. at which this structure will be built nalnted a gray war color. They have controls the operation of the renal Powder Trust's Fine Work. been strengthened In the construc­ throughout a section about four tion of additional armor Washington. Aug 13.—It miles long where the canal very stated at the Department of Justice closely parallels the O. R & N. rail- that an amended bill had been filed i Largest Locomotive Ever. road. This section has heen con- a. threatening the safety of New York, Aug. 9.—The largest trust case at Wilmington, Del., al- steam locomotive In the world is leglng that since the preparation of*lne ™‘‘ro«u. about to be turned out from the the government's petition on or Still After Them. plant of the American Locomotive about July 7 last, the E. I. Dupont Works at Schenectady for the Erie de Nemours Powder Company of ■ Washington, Aug. 14.—It was offi­ railroad It will haul on grades a Delaware transfered a lage part of cially announced today that proceed­ train of loaded cars a mile and a half Its unsold finished poducts aqd raw­ ings are to be commenced immediately long without the aid of helpers. Its materials and things necessary to in the United States courts in New weight Is 413,000 pounds. The en­ the operation of Its business to the Yoik to compel Harriman to answer gine Is really two engines and one E. I. Dupont de Nemours Powder the questions he refused to answer boiler. It has four cylinders. The Company of New Jsrsay, when under the probe of the Interstate engine Is designed for pusher service Commerce commission last spring. jind will operate between Susque­ Trying to Settle Strike. This, it is stated, is the only proceed­ hanna and Gulf Summit Pass. If Washington. Aug. 9.—Charles P. ings against Harriman immediately in Mund practical more will be built. Neill, commissioner or labor. Is in sight. It remains to be seen whether telegraphic communication wtth P. criminal prosecution will follow. Remarkable Mateor. 11. Morrissey, grand master, and El Paso. Aug. 9.—A remarkable other officers of the Brotherhood of Call Harriman Into Court. meteor waa seen here at 4:16 thia Railway Trainmen, in an endeavor morning and was visible slowly mov­ to bring about a peaceful settlement Sew York, Aug. 14.—United States ing across the heavens from the of the strike of switchmen employed District Attorney Stimson today filed southwest skies to the northeast at 5 by the Colorado A Southern Railway in the Circuit court in tnia city a peti­ o'clock. It presented the appearance Company, and to prevent. If possible, tion that E. H. Harriman and Otto H. of a comet about the site of a foot- the enforcement of a general strike Kuhn, the latter of the firm of Kuhn, ball with a tall apparently 60 feet order calling out all the trainmen l.oeb A Co., be summoned into court to long, fromiwhlch showers of meteors employed by the road. show why they should not answer to fell continuously. The ball was of a certain questions relating to theoon- greenish yellow color while the tall Sultan Still Offers Fight. trol of the Chicago A Alton several was white. It did not appear to be Washington. D. C., Aug. 8.—The months ago. descending. Stnte Department today received a cablegram from American Minister Bonaparte Back to Work. Texans Amend Constitution. Washington, Aug,. 14. — Attorney Austin. Texas. Aug. 9.—Early re­ Gummere, now in Tangier. Morocco, turn received from today’s special stating that the government troops General Bonaparte returned today from election held throughout the state to have occupied Maxargan. French his vacation at Lennox, Mass. He waa pass upon several constitutional cruisers were sent there last night unwilling to discuM the report that he amendments Indicate that the amend­ »nd two other cruisers wore sent to had returned to begin criminal prose­ ment providing for a confederate Casa Blancn. More refugees from cution in the Harriman and Standard women's home, an agricultural bu­ Casa Blanca have arrived at Tangier reau, and for a road tax. will be car­ and report that the town Is still oc­ Oil ?ases, but, speaking generally, he said the department stands ready to ried. while those providing for an in­ cupied by the French forces. bring criminal action when there seems crease In the pay of members of the a good chance to convict. legislature and for a state printing Standard Hit In Manila. plant will probably be defeated. Manila, Aug. 13.—The Attorney New Northwest Postmasters. General has been Instructed by the Russia Will Rebuild Navy. Washington, Aug. ».—Postmasters Department of Justice at Washing­ 8t. Petersburg, Aug. 9.—The Navy ton to file suit against the Standard appointed: W. Oregon—Pokegatna, George Department intends, in the course of Oil Company to recover »40.000 im­ the enrrent year, to lay down two port duty on an old claim dating McIntyre, vice G. B. Walters, re- battleships of a low type. Their dis­ back to the time when the military signed. A. William Washington—Hall. placement Is to be 19,970 tons, arm­ turned over the government to the ament ten 12-lnch guns and minor civil authorities. The amount repre­ Geer, vice O. B. Asgard, resigned; batteries, turbine engines, and a sents the difference between the Bingen, Melvin Wetheroil. vice 8. G. Dingley rates and the present tariff. Hadley, resigned. speed of 11 knots an hour. FANATICS WAGE HOLY WAR. I Bate. Jack—Ton have written that your love will never fade? Be careful, old chap. Yon know It Is dangerous to write love letters these days Dick—Oh. but I didn't say the Ink w»*ui*l never fade. Thar’P fade In twu or three days and I'll be safe. ur